Cash till



Dec. 15, 1931. A GQDEFRQID 1,836,916

CASH TILL Filed Jan. 8, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 TdQ Dec. 15, 1931. GODEFROlD 1,836,916

CASH TILL Filed Jan. 8, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 fzyd 4 6a J rol INVGHTdfQ Dec. 15, 1931.

A. GVODEFROID CASH TILL Filed Jan. 8, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES GODEFROID, OF BERLIN, GERMANY cnsn TILL Application filed January 8,1929, Serial No.

This invention relates to improvements in cash tills.

In known check recording, counting and registering tills, the cash is usually kept in a drawer provided in the lower part of the till and sliding from back to front. It has been found desirable in practice to provide a separate compartment for each denomination of coin particularly when a mechanical coin sorting device is associated with the till for distributing the coins into separate compartments. V

In practice it has been found further that the size of the drawer under known tills and the space occupied whensaid' drawer is drawn out considerably interferes with the facility for giving change; the larger the drawer the more it projects when drawn out and the greater is the distance between the cashier and the customer who is to receive the change fromthe cashier thereby aflecting the proper check of the transaction.

The present invention has for its object to overcome all these disadvantages in a simple and effective way. p

The invention comprises the substitution for the drawer sliding from back to front of a cash receptacle which is shifted laterally wholly or partly to the side of the till, the coins being conducted into said receptacle by gravity along inclined planes or chutes, or by conveyor bands or the like, said cash receptacle having compartments corresponding to the various denomination of coins and being closed by means of a folding or rolling cover which does not project during opening or closing of said receptacle.

It will be observed that the receptacle for the coins only forms a lateral projection on the till and that owing to the fact that there is no backward pro ection of parts when the till is opened the distance between the cashier standing behind the till and the customer standing in front-of the till is not substantially increased at any time during the transaction.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view diagrammatically illustrating the application of the invention to a cash till having a coin exhibitssoem, and in Germany January 14, 1928.

ing device, part of the view being broken away to illustrate the internal arrangements;

Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure l but with the coin receptacle open;

Figure 3 is a vertical section through the improved cash till illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 and taken on the line III-III of F igure 4, the coin sorting device being indicated diagrammatically Figure 4 is a horizontal section through the improved cash till illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 and taken on the line IV-IV of Figure 3, the coin sorting device being illustrated diagrammatically;

Figure 5 is a similar view to Figure 3 with modified coin conveying arrangements;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line V IVI of Figure 3 and looking in the direction of the arrow;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary side elevation of I one means for actuating the'coin conveying device; and

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sideelevation of modified actuating means for the coin conveying device.

In Figures 1 and 2, l is the casing of the check till, 2 the front tipping number plate and 3 a sheet of glass covering the coin exhibiting device 4, said device 4 consisting of a conveyor band supported in position on two rollers so as to leave the counted coins visible for a period of time before tlfiay are discharged into the interior of the ti In accordance with the invention,the coins do not pass from the coin exhibiting device into the space underneath the latter, but along suitably sloped and curved inclined planes or chutes 5 into a cash receptacle 6' projecting laterally of the till, said receptacle having inserted compartments 7 for holding the coins.

The lateral cash receptacle 6 may, as indicated in Figure 2 by dotted lines, pass through from the rear to thev front side of the till, or it may, as in the case of the example shown, end in front in a raised projection 8. By means of this projection, the

coin compartments 7 are effectively protected from the front side of the till. The projection 8 is equipped with compartments 9 lying one over the other for keeping paper money. Its back is formed by a roll cover 10 which may be arranged to completely close the compartments 7 and 9 or, as shown by way of example in Figures 1 and 2, the roll cover 10 may be associated with a lid 11, which is connected to the main part 1 of the till by means of the hinge 12 so as to close the exposed horizontal coin compartments 7 from the top. In Figure 1 the lid 11 and the roll cover 10 are shown closed and in Figure 2 both are shown open.

Figures 3 and 4 show the application of the invention to a counting till of the above mentioned kind which is equipped with a coin sorting device (although if the latter is used the coin exhibiting device 4 may be omitted, if special circumstances so demand). The coins pass from the coin exhibit-ing device 4 into the sorting device 13 which, together with the sorting chutes 14 appertaining thereto are only diagrammatically indicated in the drawings. The coins sorted out by the sorting chutes 14 fall on to a horizontally disposed endless conveyor band 15 located underneath the said sorting chutes, said band being stretched over two rollers 16 and extending over the whole or nearly .the whole of the width of the till, (see Figure 4). The sorted coins remain lying on certain parts of the conveyor band 15 corresponding to the lateral discharge openings in the sorting chutes 14 so that they can be conveyed by the said band to the lateral projection 6 of the till 1 which contains the coin compartments 7. The coin compartments 7 are provided with suitable recesses 17 on the side facing the delivery side of the band 15 in order that the coins on the band 15 may easily be dis charged into the said compartment 7 To maintain the coins separated on the conveyor band 15, according to the separation dependent upon the denomination and size already effected by the coin sorting device 18, 14, the surface of the band 15 is subdivided into as many sections as there are coin compartments 7 in the lateral compartment 6 (see Figure 4) by means of flexible fillets 18 mounted on said band so as to travel therewith;

The conveyor band 15 is operated, for instance in the forms of construction shown, by the spindle 19 of the coin exhibiting device 4, which is actuated manually by means of the handle 20 or lever 21. Figure 7 illustrates how the movement of the handle 20 is transmitted by a sprocket wheel 22 on the spindle 19 to the sprocket wheel 24 by means of the chain 23, and from the sprocket wheel 24, through the pair of bevel gear wheels 25 to one roller 16 for the conveyor band 15. In accordance with the showing in Figure 8, a pawl 26 is pivotally mounted on a lever 26 keyed on the spindle 19 so that said pawl 26 is displaced on depression of the lever 21. This movement of the pawl 26 actuates the ratchet wheel 27 and transmits movement to the pair of bevel gear wheels 29 by the chain 28 and sprocket wheels not shown one of said gear wheels 29 being connected to the conveyor band roller 16.

To save height in using the coin sorting device 13, 14, it is possible, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, to carry the conveyor band 15 Withits fillets 18 right in the lateral projection 6 and to arrange the coin compartments 7 over the conveyor band. With this arrangement the coin compartments do not have a fixed bottom, but a movable bottom, viz. the upper side of the conveyor band 15. To support the bottom and prevent deflection under the coin compartments 7, the band 15 traverses a supporting plate 30, the fillets 18 of the band 15 being guided in corresponding grooves in the lower part of the vertical partitions of the coin compartments, in order that the coins shall not be able to get from one compartment to an adjacent compartment. It is to be understood that the front ends of the compartment 7 are open while the rear ends are closed and are positioned close to the band so that the coins will not be carried beyond said closed ends of the coin compartments.

I claim 1. In a cash till of the type having a casing with a tipping plate of the front part of the top thereof and an exhibiting device arranged near the top of the casing as well as a sorting device arranged beneath the exhibiting device, a coin receptacle located laterally at the bottom of the casing subdivided into compartments for receiving-coins of different denominations, a travelling conveyor band positioned beneath the sorting device for conducting the received coins laterally to said receptacle and means on the band arranged lengthwise thereof for subdividing the band so as to deliver coins of different denominations to corresponding parts of the receptacle.

2. In a cash till of the type having a casing, a tippingnumber plate at the front part of the top of the casing, an exhibiting device arranged near the top of the casing, and a sorting device arranged beneath the exhibiting device, a coin receptacle located laterally at the bottom of the casing and subdivided into compartments for receiving coins of diiferent denominations, a travelling conveyor band positioned beneath the sorting device for conducting the received coins laterally to said receptacle, fillets subdividing the band and arranged lengthwise thereof so as to deliver coins of different denominations to corresponding parts of the receptacle, said receptacle being provided with suitable recesses facing the delivery side of the'band to facilitate the discharge of coins into the respective compartments, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 3. In a cash till of the type having a casin with a sorting device arranged therein an also having a shield-like structure arranged laterally and substantially parallel with the front end of the casing and including compartments on its inner surface, a coin receptacle located laterally at the bottom of the casing, a travelling conveyor band for conducting the coins laterall to said receptacle, means subdividing the and and arranged lengthwise of the conveyor so as to deliver coins of different denomination to selected parts respectively of the coin receptacle, a

flexible cover movable vertically across the compartments of the shield structure, and a hinged lid above the receptacle and arranged to engage the flexible cover when the latter is closed so as to hold the same in a closed position.

ARMAND GODEFROID. 

